. The American home garden. Being principles and rules for the culture of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and shrubbery. To which are added brief notes on farm crops, with a table of their average product and chemical constituents. Gardening. 330 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. THE APRICOT. The Apricot is one of our eai-liest and pleasantest fruits for eating out of hand ; and though, from its blossoming so imme- diately upon the opening of spring, it is exposed very often to injury or entire loss by spring frosts, as well as to the attacks of the curculio or plum bug after the fruit sets, yet it merits cu
. The American home garden. Being principles and rules for the culture of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and shrubbery. To which are added brief notes on farm crops, with a table of their average product and chemical constituents. Gardening. 330 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. THE APRICOT. The Apricot is one of our eai-liest and pleasantest fruits for eating out of hand ; and though, from its blossoming so imme- diately upon the opening of spring, it is exposed very often to injury or entire loss by spring frosts, as well as to the attacks of the curculio or plum bug after the fruit sets, yet it merits cultivation, and will repay all the care that in ordinary seasons it requires to cany it safely tlu-ough the period in which it is liable to be injm-ed. To make this easy, the trees should be kept low and compact by proper pruning; and if there be dan- ger of frost u}X)n the blossoms, set thi-ee or four stakes around each tree, and throw over it a large Ijlanket or cloth of any kind, leaving it on in the morning until some time after sun- rise. Fig. ct. Small Apricot h. Jlc'dium Apricot. The period of blossoming may also be retarded by keeping the tree shaded so long as frosts are likely to occm-; and if, notwithstanding this, they come upon the Ijlossoms. the pre- cautions above mentioned must be taken. Branches of ever- green may bo used with good effect Ijoth in shading and pro- tection. If the tree is trained against a building it will be still more easy to cover it, but in both cases be careful to se-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, Alexander. New York, Harper & Brothers
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